Here & Now – The Steps Musical tour cast has been announced
The tour will launch at Aylesbury’s Waterside Theatre on 29 August
UK pop band Steps are delighted to announce that their official musical HERE & NOW, which has been wowing audiences in Birmingham for the last few weeks, will embark on a major UK and Ireland tour from August 2025 through to May 2026.
HERE & NOW began previews at The Alexandra, Birmingham on Saturday 9 November and finished it’s run on Saturday 30 November 2024. The musical was The Alexandra’s fastest selling on-sale in history, which saw 50% capacity sold within 24 hours.
Directed by the award-winning Rachel Kavanaugh (Half a Sixpence, The Great British Bake Off Musical) and written by Shaun Kitchener (Hollyoaks), HERE & NOW features many of their iconic hits, including ‘5, 6, 7, 8', ‘Stomp', ‘Better Best Forgotten', and ‘Last Thing On My Mind'.
This brand new musical is produced by Steps themselves, ROYO and pop legend Pete Waterman.
Steps said, “We’ve been lucky to do many things together as a band, but the question we get asked again and again is ‘where is the Steps musical?’ Well…it’s finally here and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ve searched for the perfect story for our music and we’ve found it in the aisle of a seaside superstore, where four friends set out on their own Summer of Love. It’s a story of friendship, romance and community; packed with our biggest hits and sure to have everybody laughing, crying and dancing in the aisles.”
Welcome to seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where it's Friday night, the vibe is right, and everyone's dancing in the aisles. But when Caz discovers the shelves are stocked with lies and betrayal, the summer of love she and her friends dreamed of suddenly feels like a tragedy.
As it was confirmed earlier Rebecca Lock as Caz, Finty Williams as Patricia, Blake Patrick Anderson as Robbie, River Medway as Jem, Edward Baker Duly as Max, and John Stacey as Lesley will return to their roles joined by Jacqui Dubois as Vel, Chris Grahamson as Gareth, Rosie Singha as Neeta, Ben Darcy as Ben and Lauren Woolf as Tracey.
The cast of Here & Now is completed by Georgia Christofi (professional debut), Kade Ferraiolo (I Should Be So Lucky), Albert Green (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole), Harry Jack (Les Misérables), Casey Jay (Grease), Charlie-Jay Johnson (Here and Now), Rosemary Annabella Nkrumah (Mamma Mia! The Party), Dean Rickards (professional debut), Markus Södergren (Here and Now), Genevieve Taylor (Wicked) and Jessica Vaux (Starlight Express).
The show is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, musical supervision, orchestrations and arrangements are by Matt Spencer-Smith, set design by Tom Rogers, costume design by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Adam Fisher, wigs, hair and make-up design by Sam Cox, casting by Will Burton for Grindrod Burton Casting, Music Technology by Phij Adams with production management by Setting Line.
Tour stops and dates:
AYLESBURY, Waterside Theatre, Fri 29 Aug - Sat 30 Aug 2025
MANCHESTER, Opera House, Tue 02 Sep - Sat 13 Sep 2025
GLASGOW, King’s Theatre, Tue 16 Sep - Sat 20 Sep 2025
DUBLIN, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Tue 23 Sep - Sat 04 Oct 2025
SOUTHEND, Cliffs Pavilion, Tue 07 Oct - Sat 11 Oct 2025
WOKING, New Victoria Theatre, Tue 14 Oct - Sun 19 Oct 2025
ABERDEEN, His Majesty’s Theatre, Tue 21 Oct - Sun 26 Oct 2025
NEWCASTLE, Theatre Royal, Tue 28 Oct - Sat 01 Nov 2025
WIMBLEDON, New Wimbledon Theatre, Tue 04 Nov - Sun 09 Nov 2025
NOTTINGHAM, Theatre Royal, Tue 11 Nov - Sun 16 Nov 2025
SHEFFIELD, Lyceum Theatre, Tue 18 Nov - Sat 22 Nov 2025
LIVERPOOL, Liverpool Empire, Tue 25 Nov - Sat 29 Nov 2025
BRIGHTON, Theatre Royal Brighton, Tue 02 Dec - Sat 13 Dec 2025
STOCKTON-ON-TEES, Stockton Globe, Mon 15 Dec - Sun 28 Dec 2025
SOUTHAMPTON, Mayflower Theatre, Tue 20 Jan - Sat 24 Jan 2026
BELFAST, Grand Opera House, Tue 27 Jan - Sat 31 Jan 2026
CARDIFF, Wales Millennium Centre, Tue 03 Feb - Sat 07 Feb 2026
YORK, Grand Opera House, Tue 10 Feb - Sun 15 Feb 2026
OXFORD, New Theatre Oxford, Tue 17 Feb - Sun 22 Feb 2026
EDINBURGH, Edinburgh Playhouse, Tue 24 Feb - Sun 01 Mar 2026
WOLVERHAMPTON, Grand Theatre, Tue 10 Mar - Sun 15 Mar 2026
TRURO, Hall For Cornwall, Tue 17 Mar - Sun 22 Mar 2026
PLYMOUTH, Theatre Royal, Tue 24 Mar - Sat 28 Mar 2026
MILTON KEYNES, Milton Keynes Theatre, Tue 31 Mar - Sat 04 Apr 2026
BLACKPOOL, Opera House, Wed 08 Apr - Sun 12 Apr 2026
NORWICH, Theatre Royal, Tue 14 Apr - Sun 19 Apr 2026
HULL, New Theatre, Tue 21 Apr - Sun 26 Apr 2026
LEICESTER, Curve Leicester, Tue 28 Apr - Sun 03 May 2026
LEEDS, The Grand Theatre, Tue 05 May - Sun 10 May 2026
CANTERBURY, The Marlowe Theatre, Tue 12 May - Sat 16 May 2026
Watch the trailer here:
